Mexican melon, a fruit with growing demand and national production

As of December 2023, the preliminary closure of sowing and harvesting records 645,002 tons of the fruit, a figure 11.2 percent higher than the 580,000 tons of the previous year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. With a planting area of 19,501 hectares, the vegetable is of great economic and social importance for Mexico and a source of employment and earning of foreign currency. We are currently the twelfth largest producer in the world. Of the 23 producing entities, Michoacán, Sonora, Coahuila, Guerrero and Durango stand out, followed by Baja California, Baja California Sur, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Jalisco, State of Mexico, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán and Zacatecas. Exports to the United States amounted to 25 million 698 thousand dollars in 2022, Mexican melons were also sent to Cuba, Canada, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Hong Kong and Belize. Melon producers ...